Kilometer to Hectometer Conversion (km to hm)

How Many Hectometer in a Kilometer?

There are 10 hectometer in a kilometer.1 Kilometer is equal to 10 Hectometer.1 km = 10 hm

Kilometer Definition

A kilometer is among the most widely used metric units of distance and length, including the countries traditionally using the Imperial system units. One kilometer is equal to 1000 meters. Kilometer is used for measuring distances between geographical points like cities or towns, measuring the length of a route or a river, and so on.

Hectometer Definition

A hectometer is one of the least commonly used in modern metric system unit of length or distance. One hectometer is equal to 100 meters or 1/10th of kilometer. Hectometer can be considered a practical unit for measuring small distances or the dimensions of relatively large objects like very large premises, large water reservoirs, small pool length, etc. Along with linear measurement, hectometer is sometimes used as a unit of volumetric measurement.

About km to hm Converter

This is a very easy to use kilometer to hectometer converter.
First of all just type the kilometer (km) value in the text field of the conversion form to start converting km to hm,
then select the decimals value and finally hit convert button if auto calculation didn't work. Hectometer value will be converted automatically as you type.

The decimals value is the number of digits to be calculated or rounded of the result of kilometer to hectometer conversion.